I live near the university and rent is generally very affordable. The rent will be around 150 dollars for single room. All the monthly expenses ( rent, electricity, groceries, WIFI) can be upto 400- 500 dollars per month per month

1) Low cost of living and good ROI. Stillwater is a small college town and not that expensive. Also the tuition fee of the program is not very high. There is good chance for assistanships from second semester onwards. Assistanships can cover lot of financial things. 2) The program is repurted and has straing alumuni base. 3) Good chances of internship. Good success rate in the program. 4) Mandatory to submit one research paper in SAS conference and also participate in case competitions. This gives very good exposure

One word. Awesome. All things asked in question are there. Highly commendable

Low cost of living due to remote area.